diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ed9ee753..1075b1aa 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -4,21 +4,6 @@
 
 import globus_sdk
 
-# running `tox -e docs -- -n` will pick up "nitpick" warning which we convert to build
-# errors with `-W`
-# load ignores from file
-nitpick_ignore = []
-nitpick_ignore_regex = []
-with open("nitpick_ignore.txt") as fp:
-    for line in fp:
-        line = line.strip()
-        if line == "" or line.startswith("#"):
-            continue
-        if line.startswith("re: "):
-            nitpick_ignore_regex.append(tuple(line.split()[1:]))
-        else:
-            nitpick_ignore.append(tuple(line.split()))
-
 intersphinx_mapping = {
     "python": ("https://docs.python.org/3", None),
 }
diff --git a/docs/nitpick_ignore.txt b/docs/nitpick_ignore.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 17316c85..00000000
--- a/docs/nitpick_ignore.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# define nitpick ignores in a file with the following rules:
-# lines starting with '#' and empty lines are ignored
-# lines are split and added to nitpick_ignore
-# lines starting with 're: ' are split and added to nitpick_ignore_regex
-
-# standard ways of writing type information (e.g. 'Optional[str]' -> 'str, optional')
-py:class optional
-py:class callable
-py:class class
-
-# True/False as class because they appear in Literal type annotations
-py:class True
-py:class False
-
-# nitpick can fail on stdlib modules, skip these...
-py:class uuid.UUID
-py:class UUID
-py:class abc.ABC
-py:class datetime.datetime
-py:class datetime
-
-# inheritance can break cross-references in inherited signatures, so ignore these
-# SDK classes
-# see: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/6211
-py:class GlobusHTTPResponse
-
-# "list of ...", "sequence of ..."
-re: py:class (sequence|iterable|list|tuple)\sof\s\w+
-# type vars in SDK modules
-re: py:class globus_sdk\..*\.(T|RT)
-
-# cryptography and requests types
-py:class RSAPublicKey
-re: py:class cryptography\..*
-re: py:class requests\..*